Carthew Mill (EN) / Melin Kardhu (KW)

Type: 
Infrastructure
Parish: 
Treverbyn
Hundred: 
Powder
Elements: 

du

Meaning: 
black

kar

Meaning: 
fort

melin

Meaning: 
mill
Elements notes: 
<melin> 'mill' + <kar> ‘fort’ + <du> ‘black’
Historic forms: 
Carthew Mill c.1840 [TA 2593] (CA 11, 1972, p77, citing from TA c.1840) (Bond, 2009)